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Yangzi

Syllables: Yang·zi/ˈjæŋ.zi/

Yangzi is the alternative spelling of Yangtze.

Proper noun

Yangzi

  1. A town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
    • Liu Cuilan at Bailing Village of Yangzi Town in Zhongxiang city has a large house of 140 meters² (about 1506 ft².) for the [Christians] gatherings, which was torn down by the policemen from Yingzhong police station in August 2001.2001 December 17, “Brief report on the financial loss of the church in Hubei”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2014
  2. A residential community in Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
  3. A village in Yangzi, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Meaning of Yangtze

Proper noun

Yangtze

  1. The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
    • That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the...1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “A Generall Collection and Historical Representation of the Iesuites Entrance into Iapon and China, vntill Their Admission in the Royall Citie of Nanquin”, in Purchas His...

Forms of Yangzi

alternative formYanzi
alternative formYang-tzu
alternative formYang-tzŭ

Origin of Yangzi

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洋梓 (Yángzǐ).

Words formed from Yangzi

Questions about Yangzi

What does Yangzi mean?
Yangzi means a town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
What is Yangzi the alternative spelling of?
Yangzi is the alternative spelling of Yangtze.
What part of speech is Yangzi?
Yangzi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yangzi?
Yangzi is pronounced /ˈjæŋ.zi/.

Words near Yangzi in the dictionary

  1. Yangtzi
  2. Yanguan
  3. Yangxin
  4. Yangzhou
  5. Yangzhou fried rice
  6. Yangzi
  7. Yangzi Jiang
  8. Yanhe
  9. Yanhu
  10. Yanik
  11. Yaniks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yangzi (page history and authors); Yangtze (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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